1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season

Negro National League II

1946 / 1948

John H. Johnson (President)
Alex Pompez (Vice President)
Curtis Leak (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Henry
Kimbro

Top Pitcher

Max
Manning

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Monte Irvin	NE	11
2	Henry Kimbro	BEG	8
3	Larry Doby	NE	8
4	Johnny Davis	NE	7
5	Buck Leonard	HG	6
6	Bob Thurman	HG	5
7	Luke Easter	HG	5
8	Lennie Pearson	NE	5
9	Lorenzo Cabrera	NYC	4
10	Pat Patterson	NE	4

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Lino Donoso	NYC	170
2	Luis Tiant	NYC	158
3	Amos Watson	BEG	152
4	Bob Romby	BEG	152
5	Bill Byrd	BEG	147
6	Frank Thompson	HG	144
7	Max Manning	NE	136
8	R. T. Walker	HG	127
9	Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	114
10	Johnny Wright	HG	112

All-1947 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Butch Davis	BEG	2.6	2.8	0.1
Luke Easter	HG	1.2	1.3	0.2

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Henry Kimbro	BEG	4.1	3.8	0.3
Monte Irvin	NE	2.0	2.0	-0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Luis Márquez	HG	1.7	2.0	-0.3
Archie Brathwaite	PS	1.7	0.8	1.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Tommy Butts	BEG	3.6	1.7	1.5
Silvio García	NYC	2.6	1.3	1.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Larry Doby	NE	2.7	2.2	0.3
Fernando Díaz	NYC	1.2	0.5	0.6

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Minnie Miñoso	NYC	2.1	1.9	0.2
Lester Lockett	BEG	1.1	1.3	-0.1

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buck Leonard	HG	1.7	1.6	0.3
Johnny Washington	BEG	1.5	1.9	-0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Cash	PS	1.6	0.9	0.6
Eudie Napier	HG	1.0	0.8	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bob Romby	BEG	111.1	3.1	3.3	-0.2
Max Manning	NE	130.0	3.1	3.5	-0.4
Bill Byrd	BEG	120.1	2.5	2.1	0.3
Luis Tiant	NYC	79.2	2.2	2.3	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Frank Thompson	HG	96.0	2.6	2.5	0.0
Cotton Williams	NE	51.1	1.4	1.0	0.4
Patricio Scantlebury	NYC	77.2	1.2	0.9	0.4
R. T. Walker	HG	53.2	1.1	1.2	0.0

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